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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jacob Miller" data-source="post: 80781" data-attributes="member: 5063">Very good series of questions!I find ironing somewhat cathartic (odd, I know) so I actually don't mind the process in principle. Certainly at the moment when I'm wearing a shirt a couple of times a week and a suit once in a blue moon, I don't mind ironing. I also recently bought a steam cleaner and I love it for daily wear like tshirts that I don't want to iron or giving my suit a quick once over, but I don't think you can get the same crispness in a shirt as with a proper press haha.I send my suits to the dry cleaner as and when necessary, although some suits from high street venues are designed such that they can be washed at home with the appropriate care and attention. When I'm in the office more, I'll probably send my shirts there too as the 'opportunity cost' of washing will be higher when I have less time to spend with family or friends. In re how often to take a suit, I think it depends - hard to give a one size fits all answer and obviously will be hastened by things like stains etc. For shoes, I've never before had shoes that were expensive enough for cobbler 'intervention', so when a pair started to look worn out I just replaced them. Really, unless you're buying shoes that are at least partly Goodyear welted, it's a pointless exercise. I've recently acquired a pair of Church's Oxfords though, which are Goodyear welted, so I will probably hand them into a good cobbler every now and then to be re-soled but it's unlikely to need done more than every 7-10 years or so, so it isn't in my usual care routine. In terms of maintaining my shoes myself, I keep a good shine on them as much as I can (I recommend Saphir products, on the pricier side but give the absolute best shine) which would normally be one 'initial' major shine and then weekly minor maintenance and monthly more in depth maintenance. I'm not sure there are really many 'secrets' to maintenance per se, it's just a matter of knowing the care requirements for the materials your clothing is made of and keeping on top of it so you've always got as much of your wardrobe ready to go as possible. I actually need to iron the bulk of my shirts at the moment (I've been lazy recently!) but, once that's done, I'll post a little photo in here of how I keep my formalwear organised in the wardrobe, my shoe care kit and such.</blockquote>

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